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Aug 9 1931 J. M. HOTHERSALL 1,818,135

CONTAINER Filed Sept. 26, 1927 ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 11, 1931 v nears JOHN MI. HOTHERSALL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW KGB-K, AS$IGNOR TO ,J/[EBICAN Cfslil COMPANY, OF HEX/V YORK, .hl'. Y., A CDEPGRATIG'H 3T3 NEV JERSEY CONTAINER Application filed September 28, 1827. Serial No. 222,005.

This invention relates in general to a con- Referring more particularly to the drawtainer made of sheet metal, and has more ings, the container of this invention comparticular reference to a double resilient prises an outer receptacle having telescopcontainer described as particularly adapted ing top and bottom parts 5 and 6, and an 5 for shipping, storing, transporting and proinner telescoping receptacle comprising 55 tecting watch movements, although capable top and bottom 7 and 8. of more general use wherever applicable. Both receptacles are preferably formed In handling and shipping certain products of sheet metal properly drawn and shaped,

it is necessary not only to protect them from the outer receptacle parts having their side 10 actual contact and resulting damage, but walls or flanges formed with strengthening so also to cushion them from the shocks of ordiheads 9 and having cooperating projections nary handling during the course of commerl0 and depressions 11 in the side edges to cial preparation and delivery for sale. This form a tightening bayonet joint, the inner is particularly true of a delicate mechanism portions of the depressions 11 being inclined '1 such as watch movements, which should be toward the edge of the-bottom part 6 to draw or:

cushioned against sudden jars or jolts in the receptacle parts tightly together.

order to deliver them in the best possible The bottom part of the inner receptacle is condition. properly sized to receive a face plate or pro- An important object of the invention is the jecting edge 12 of a watch movement 13,

' provision of a double container, in which the which preferably rests upon the edge there- '7 provision of cooperating projections and de- The edges of the top and bottom are formed 7 810 the provision of a yielding double container lation, the inner receptacle is formed with inner receptacle is yieldingly e gaged by of, and the top 7 is formed with an inclined the outer receptacle and the outer receptacle p rtion 1 1 about its edge adapted to engage held tightly closed. the opposite side of the face plate 12 and to A further object of the invention is in the hold it against the edge of the bottom 8.

pressions in the corresponding parts of the with cooperating slots 15 and 16 for p312. containers to permita resisted, rotative and mitting a watch stem to extend therethrough. tilting movementof the inner receptacle. In order to yieldingly hold the top and bot- A still further Objec of the imention tom of the inner receptacle in telescoping reof Sheet metal, in which the sides give their outwardly rounded projections 17 and 18 in maximum yielding effect to the artic e held the top and bottom, and the outer receptacle y interengagement only at their centers, the is formed wit-h corresponding depressions 19 edges of the inner container gripping the and 20 on the inside of the top and bottom article, and the edges Of the outer container respectively, forming cooperating bearings 5 being interengaged for holding all the parts and contacting surfaces between the two retogether. ceptacles. The bottom of the inner recep- Numerous other objects and advantages of tacle is formed with an inwardly dished porthe invention will be apparent as itis better tion 21 of the same or greater depth than the understood from the following description, projection 18 thereof, so that the latter will .90

which, taken in connection with the accomnot project below the outer edge of the bottom panying drawings, discloses a preferred emof the part 8 and the latter will rest flatly bodiment thereof; upon its outer edge when taken out of the In the drawings: outer receptacle and placed upon a plain sur- Figure 1 is a side elevation, with parts face. o5 broken-away, and shown in section, of a con- To permit a yielding tilting of the 1nner tainer for a watch movement constructed in receptacle with respect to the outer one, the accordance with the principles of this inventop and bottom of the outer receptacle are tion; and conically indented from the outside to form Fig. 2 is a top view of such a container. depressions 21 and 22, from which the de- Inn 7 1.11 .1 V J. 1 1r.- .r A n engages tne oottonr of the pressions 19 and 20, which form the bearings for the inner receptacle, are depressed in the opposite direction. These bearing depressions 19 and 20 are less in height than the depressions of the container parts, so that the outside container will rest flatly upon its upper or lower edges.

\Vith this construction, it is obvious that the cooperating bearing projections and depressions of the receptacles will permit a lim ited tilting upon jar of the inner receptacle in any direction, and as the bearing engagement is between rounded surfaces, the inner receptacle is rotatable within the outer one. The parts being made of sheet metal have certain inherent resilience, so that by properly proportioning the receptacles the cover of the inner one is engaged when the cover of the outer receptacle placed in position, and the rotative movement of the outer cover parts engaging and tightening the bayonet joints in the inclined portions thereof will cause a resilient compression of all of the receptacle parts, yieldingly binding them all together and holding a watch movement, for example, tightly in place within the inner receptacle.

It is thought that this invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that many changes may be made in the form, construction and arrange ment of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a prefered embodiment thereof.

I claim:

1. A shipping container comprising a pair of two piece boxes, one fitting within the other and engaged thereby, the boxes having walls with cooperating depressions and projections for mounting the inner box for rotating and tilting movement in the outer one.

2. A container comprising a pair of two piece receptacles, one fitting within the other, the parts of each receptacle fitting one within the other, and the outer receptacle having yielding top and bottom walls to hold the inner container parts together, each receptacle as an entirety from the other, the lower parts of the outer receptacle being bent inwardly and upwardly to form a bottom which 7 inner receptacle, and a bayonet joint in the walls of the outer receptacle for holding the inner container between the outer yielding walls.

3. A shipping container comprising inner and outer telescoping receptacles having corresponding opposite projections in their tops and bottoms, the top and bottom of the outer receptacle, being yieldable, and the side walls being rigid and having reinforcing peripheral beads and connected to press the tops and bottoms of the receptacles in yielding engagement with each other.

a. The combination of a pair of telescoping receptacles fitting one within the other and having oppositely engaging tops and bottoms, the top and bottom of each receptacle fitting one within the other and the top and bottom of the outer receptacle being bent inwardly to have central separable engagements with the top and bottom of the inner receptacle, the parts of the outer receptacle being formed with a tightening bayonet joint for holding the receptacles together and each receptacle being separable as an entirety from the other.

The combination of a pair of telescoping receptacles fitting one within the other, the inner receptacle having outward projections at the top and bottom, and the other receptacle having corresponding projections at the inside of the top and bottom for receiving the projections of the other receptacle and permitting a resisted tilting and rotative movement of the latter, and fastening means in the telescoping walls of thc outer receptacle for clamping the parts thereof together and. holding the receptacles in engagement with each other.

(i. A shippii container for a watch movement, comprising a pair of telescoping receptacles fitting one within the other, the top and bottom parts of the inner receptacle being adapted to engage and to hold a watch movement in place therebetween and having outward projections at the top and bottom, the out-er receptacle having depressions in the top and bottom to receive the said projections of the inner receptacle and permitting a rotative and tilting movement of the latter in the outer receptacle, and tightening bayonet joints between the telescoping parts of the outer receptacle for holding the inner receptacle engaged between the depressions of the top and bottom of the outer receptacle.

7. A container for watch movements, comprising a pair of telescoping covered receptacles to fit one within the other, the inner receptacle having cooperating parts to engage the edge of and hold a watch movement in position therebetween when the cover and bottom are placed together, the outer container having aresilient top and bottom for engaging corresponding opposite parts of the innor receptacle but permitting a limited tilting movement of the lattertherein, and inclined bayonet slots in the telescoping walls of the outer receptacle for pressing and holding the outer receptacle in yielding engagement with the inner receptacle.

8. A container for a watch movement, comprising a pair of independently covered receptacles fitting one within the other, the inner receptacle having cooperating top and bottom parts to engage the edge of a watch movement therebetween when they are placed together, with notches in the edges through which a Watch stem may protrude, the outer receptacle having yielding top and bottom walls for engaging the top and bottom of the inner receptacle and having reinforced telescoping sides with inclined bayonet joints therein for drawing the outer receptacle parts together and thereby yieldingly clamping the inner receptacle in postion therebetween.

9. A double container, comprising inner and outer covered receptacles telescoping at their edges and having resiliently engaging corresponding parts at the centers of their I tops and bottoms, the outer receptacle having interengaging parts in the edges, and the inner receptacle having its sides formed to fit one within the other and to engage an article between the edges thereof and being separable with its cover from the cover of the outer receptacle.

10. A double container, comprising inner and outer receptacles with telescoping edges and resilient top and bottom sides, and with corresponding mutually engaging projections and depressions in their tops and bottoms to permit a limited tilting movement of the receptacles.

JOHN M. HOTHERSALL. 

